Answer 1：找出当月的天数
select datepart(dd,dateadd(dd,-1,dateadd(mm,1,cast(cast(year(getdate()) as varchar)+'-'+cast(month(getdate()) as varchar)+'-01' as datetime))))

　　Question2：Can you use a SQL statement to calculating it!
How can I print "10 to 20" for books that sell for between $10 and $20，"unknown" for books whose price is null, and "other" for all other prices?

　　Answer 2：
　　select bookid,bookname,price=case when price is null then 　　'unknown'
       when  price between 10 and 20 then '10 to 20' else price end
from books

　　Question3：Can you use a SQL statement to finding duplicate 　　values!
　　 How can I find authors with the same last name?
You can use the table authors in datatabase pubs. I want to get the result as below:
Output:
au_lname                                 number_dups
---------------------------------------- -----------
Ringer                                   2
(1 row(s) affected)

　　Answer 3
　　select au_lname,number_dups=count(1) from authors group by au_lname

　 　Question4：Can you create a cross-tab report in my SQL Server!
　　How can I get the report about sale quality for each store and each quarter and the total sale quality for each quarter at year 1993?

　　You can use the table sales and stores in datatabase pubs.
Table Sales record all sale detail item for each store. Column store_id is the id of each store, ord_date is the order date of each sale item, and column qty is the sale qulity. Table stores record all store information.
I want to get the result look like as below:
Output:

　　Question5: The Fastest Way to Recompile All Stored Procedures
　　I have a problem with a database running in SQL Server 6.5 (Service Pack 4). We moved the database (object transfer) from one machine to another last night, and an error (specific to a stored procedure) is cropping up. However, I can't tell which procedure is causing it. Permissions are granted in all of our stored procedures; is there a way from the isql utility to force all stored procedures to recompile?

　　Tips: sp_recompile can recomplie a store procedure each time

　　Answer 5：在执行存储过程时,使用 with recompile 选项强制编译新的计划；使用sp_recompile系统存储过程强制在下次运行时进行重新编译

　　Question6: How can I add row numbers to my result set?
In database pubs, have a table titles , now I want the result shown as below,each row have a row number, how can you do that?
Result:

line-no     title_id ----------- -------- 1           BU1032 2           BU1111 3           BU2075 4           BU7832 5           MC2222 6           MC3021 7           MC3026 8           PC1035 9           PC8888 10          PC9999 11          PS1372 12          PS2091 13          PS2106 14          PS3333 15          PS7777 16          TC3218 17          TC4203 18          TC7777

　　Answer 6：
　　--SQL 2005的写法
　　select row_number() as line_no ,title_id from titles
　　--SQL 2000的写法
　　select line_no identity(int,1,1),title_id into #t from titles
　　select * from #t
　　drop table #t

Question 7: Can you tell me what the difference of two SQL statements at performance of execution?
　　Statement 1:
　　if NOT EXISTS ( select * from publishers where state = 'NY')
　　begin

　　SELECT 'Sales force needs to penetrate New York market'end

　　else
　　begin
　　SELECT 'We have publishers in New York'
　　end
　　Statement 2:
　　if EXISTS ( select * from publishers where state = 'NY')
　　begin
　　SELECT 'We have publishers in New York'
　　end
　　else
　　begin
　　SELECT 'Sales force needs to penetrate New York market'
　　end
　　Answer 7：不同点:执行时的事务数,处理时间,从客户端到服务器端传送的数据量大小

　　Question8: How can I list all California authors regardless of whether they have written a book?
　　In database pubs, have a table authors and titleauthor , table authors has a column state, and titleauhtor have books each author written.
CA behalf of california in table authors.
　　Answer 8：
　　select * from  authors where state='CA'

　　Question9: How can I get a list of the stores that have bought both 'bussiness' and 'mod_cook' type books?
　　In database pubs, use three table stores,sales and titles to implement this requestment.
Now I want to get the result as below:

stor_id stor_name                                ------- ---------------------------------------- ... 7896    Fricative Bookshop ... ... ... Answer 9： select distinct a.stor_id, a.stor_name from stores a,sales b,titles c where a.stor_id=b.stor_id and b.title_id=c.title_id and c.type='business' and exists(select 1 from sales k,titles g where stor_id=b.stor_id and k.title_id=g.title_id and g.type='mod_cook')

Question10: How can I list non-contignous data?
　　In database pubs, I create a table test using statement as below, and I insert several row as below

create table test ( id int primary key ) go insert into test values (1 ) insert into test values (2 ) insert into test values (3 ) insert into test values (4 ) insert into test values (5 ) insert into test values (6 ) insert into test values (8 ) insert into test values (9 ) insert into test values (11) insert into test values (12) insert into test values (13) insert into test values (14) insert into test values (18) insert into test values (19) go Now I want to list the result of the non-contignous row as below,how can I do it? Missing after Missing before ------------- -------------- 6             8 9             11 ...

　　Answer 10：
　　select id from test t where not exists(select 1 from test where id=t.id+1)
or not exists(select 1 from test where id=t.id-1)

　　Question11: How can I list all book with prices greather than the average price of books of the same type?
　　In database pubs, have a table named titles , its column named price mean the price of the book, and another named type mean the type of books.
Now I want to get the result as below:

type         title                                                                            price                 ------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- business     The Busy Executive's Database Guide                                              19.9900 ... ... ... ...

　　Answer 11：
　　select a.type,a.title,a.price from titles a,
(select type,price=avg(price) from titles group by type)b
where a.type=b.type and a.price>b.price

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